Most expensive cupcake

9-7-2012

We recently decided to put no more cupcake variations at our website and then we saw this youtube movie…. Great, quiet youtube video about the making of the most expensive cupcake, according to Bloomsbury’s bakery in Dubai. The Golden Phoenix costs 800 euro.

McSucces by Ubel Zuiderveld

6-7-2012

McDonald’s is one of the most succesfull restaurants in the world. Even during economical crises the company still thrives. This Dutch book by Ubel Zuiderveld provides a view in McDonald’s ‘kitchen’. He has published some articles in English as well.

Public coffee waste mushroom farm

6-7-2012

Seattle had a temporary store front where Olson Kundig Architects and CityLab7 collaborated to create a mushroom farm. The coffee waste from local cafes was used to grow the mushrooms on. A side effect of this urban farm was social cohesion and increased the dialogue about urban farming and its business possibilities.

KeTo Reporter is beer from tobacco

6-7-2012

Beer and tobacco don’t match anymore because of the ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. With the KeTo Reporter by Italian brewer ‘Birra del Borgo’ this can change. The starting beer is Re Porter, then Kentucky tobacco leaves are added. The tobacco gives the beer its pitch black color and spicy taste.

Update: The beer is from Friday available at ‘De Bierwinkel‘ in Leiden (The Netherlands).

No waste icecreambowl

5-7-2012

At the Reader’s Digest Food Blog you will find great recipes. We particularly liked these icebowls. No waste, sustainable and a great way to serve ice cream, even in restaurants… At the foodblog Kitchen Vignettes there’s a video about the making of.

Neige Ice cider

4-7-2012

This Neige Ice cider is produced in the same way as eiswein, de apples will stay in the tree until the temperature drops to -7°C. A lot of attention has been paid to the packaging, therefore this could be a nice gift idea.

Bacteria killing wand

4-7-2012

It looks like magic. According to the producer of this Instant-Sanitizing Kitchen Wand, bacteria will be killed in only 20 seconds by using the UV-illumination.

Picnicking on the water

3-7-2012

This summer, the Picknick Company (Dutch) offers picnics on the water in and around Rotterdam. A private captain shows you by boat all the nice picnic places.

Happy Drinks: Komkommie

26-6-2012

The combination cucumber and ginger Ale tastes very good. The lemon lowers the sweetness of the drink and adds the freshness to it. To prepare your own ‘komkommie’, you can find the recipe here.

These beer bottles are the bomb

26-6-2012

A highly beer bottle and package design. The bottles are to resemble bombs sold in the black market. It includes a hand-built crate with a bracing system to hold bottles during transportation.

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